The British Empire and its impact on International Relations
Key issues covered Empire and European rivalry in the 19th and early 20th centuries; ‘Splendid Isolation’ and retreat from it |
Key issues covered Colonial wars and their impact, and Empire and World Wars |
Key issues covered Empire and Britain’s relations with League of Nations and UN; Empire and Britain’s relationships with USA; Empire in the age of the Cold War, the Commonwealth; relations with Europe and EEC |
Images (L to R):
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war, circa 1850. JWP 31.34 (accession number), SOAS Library.
George E. Cormack, Romanov Tercentenary Parade: military columns (distance) formed in front of the G. P. Rofast (Г.П. Рофастъ) Mechanical Gymnasium, 1913. MS 380660/02 (soas manuscript number), SOAS Library. © SOAS University of London.
Group of Sinhala adults and children playing, 1960. PP MS 19/6/SING/0087 (SOAS Archives catalog number). Photograph: Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. © Nicholas Haimendorf.
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war, circa 1850. JWP 31.34 (accession number), SOAS Library.
George E. Cormack, Romanov Tercentenary Parade: military columns (distance) formed in front of the G. P. Rofast (Г.П. Рофастъ) Mechanical Gymnasium, 1913. MS 380660/02 (soas manuscript number), SOAS Library. © SOAS University of London.
Group of Sinhala adults and children playing, 1960. PP MS 19/6/SING/0087 (SOAS Archives catalog number). Photograph: Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. © Nicholas Haimendorf.